The activities encourage literacy through Key Stage 3 Geography, by using DARTs (Directed Activities Related to Texts) and extended writing frames and prompt sheets. "The Thinking and Learning Skills" packs provide activities that are designed to develop the learning process and encourage critical thinking for all levels of ability. The activities challenge students and encourage them to employ powers of reasoning, creative thinking and ingenuity. The packs also encourage co-operative learning with debate, discussion and reasoning.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Oxford University Press .

David Waugh has over 30 years' experience as a Geography teacher. He is the best-selling author of textbooks at all levels, including Key Geography for Key Stage 3 and GCSE, The New Wider World and Geography: An Integrated Approach. Tony Bushell is a successful author of textbooks at Key Stage 3 and GCSE. He was head of Geography at Westgate Community College, Newcastle. Grant Westoby teaches Geography at Kirkley High School in Lowestoft. He is Special Needs consultant specialising and researching into Literacy.